Word: gins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...until it is neatly toasted. The setting is India; the set is buna sahib; the time is mainly the '30s; the season is boredom. But at least two men and one woman think there is more to India than what can be seen through the bottom of a gin-sling glass...
...Sight. In Memphis, after finishing his second pint of gin, Huel Jones accused his wife of hiding the third pint, wounded her in the side with a .22, ruefully told police: "She never hid that gin; I forgot I already drank...
...eating less, not dieting. I don't play golf, but I could if I rested after each hole-but that's not much fun. I've taken up woodwork-carpentry, that sort of thing. I do a little light fishing, a lot more reading; I play gin rummy, poker, bridge. My work is better since I concentrate more on the main job; I can take four ounces of liquor in a day if I want it . . . I don't lead a subdued life...
...marjoram, etc.-into the vermouth's white-wine base. A jolt of 180-186-proof brandy (90-93% alcohol), fortifies the wine. The vermouth ages for months before it is blended with other vermouth and filtered. As for Vermouthman Tribuno, his formula is a conservative martini, four parts gin to one part vermouth. Says he: "I could mix it dryer, but with this ratio, I figure I'll live longer...
...Gin & Jitters. In Milwaukee, arrested on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge after a college football game, Robert Kes-selhon, 24, admitted drinking 15 martinis, theorized that the reason he had been found asleep on a neighbor's davenport was that "somebody must have put something in my drinks." As the Twig Is Bent. In Miami, ex-Seabee Francis Osborn, 26, spotted a bulldozer parked near a street-repair job, climbed aboard and happily chased ten policemen about the city streets, explained testily as he was booked for assault with a deadly weapon: "I just wanted...